Results 481-500 of 732 for speaker:Cathal Berry
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: As no one is here to ask Question No. 80 we will move on.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: There are supplementary questions from Deputies Colm Burke, Catherine Connolly and Gino Kenny.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: Has Deputy Clarke a supplementary question?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: I call the Minister.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: Deputy Clarke has a supplementary question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: Does the Minister wish to respond or is he happy enough?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: Just the Minister, please.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: The Minister without interruption. He is on his feet.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: The Minister without interruption.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: Deputy Brady, you will have an opportunity to respond in a minute. The Minister only, please.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: The Minister to respond, please. There is an over and back defined - two minutes, one minute and one minute.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken to address the service limits that apply to personnel who enlisted in the Permanent Defence Force after 1 January 1994; when he proposes to provide clarity to these persons in relation to their service contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56304/21]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: The most urgent, pressing and important matter in the Defence Forces at the moment is the need to bring clarity to the situation pertaining to employment contracts for enlisted personnel who joined after 1994. It is an issue of huge concern and is causing a lot of angst, frustration and anger across the Defence Forces. I ask the Minister to bring clarity to the situation if possible.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: I thank the Minister for his helpful response. I appreciate his commitment to honour his previous commitment to provide clarity by 31 December, which is only a few weeks away. That commitment will be appreciated across the military community provided it is honoured, which I presume it will. The important point to remember is that this is not just about the hundreds of troops who may be...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: That is quite a useful response and will provide some measure of reassurance to the hundreds of impacted troops and their families. On a more general note, I take the Minister's point that we want to have young soldiers. We also want to have young gardaí, firefighters and prison officers but entrants to those three professions are not subjected to the same types of contracts as...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: 111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to apply for a supplementary budget estimate in anticipation of the forthcoming report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56306/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: 125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he will take regarding the vacant position of adjudicator to the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56305/21]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: I agree with the Taoiseach's views on vaccination and boosters, but my question is on whether we are likely to have a decision this side of Christmas on a recognition package for our front-line professional healthcare workers. The second group of people I would not like to see ignored or forgotten about comprises the voluntary, unpaid workers who are working in testing and vaccination...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: It is no secret that we are in the midst of another wave of Covid-19. The peak of that wave is some still distance away. It is also no secret that our hospital system is under severe strain and pressure at the moment. That is being felt by our front-line healthcare professionals, including our doctors, nurses, paramedics, healthcare assistants and everybody else involved. They have been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Veterans: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)
Cathal Berry: I wish the gentlemen a good afternoon and thank them for appearing before the committee. I also thank for them for their comprehensive opening statements, which I have read in detail. I thank them for the great service that they provided to the State when they were in uniform and the great service that they continue to provide even in retirement. It is appreciated. I will single out the...